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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThis state was the site of the first battle of the Civil War and the 1st to secedeNorth CarolinaGeorgiaSouth CarolinaMiddle Carolina
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThis battle was the single bloodiest of the Civil WarAntietamGettysburgShilohVicksburg
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThis battle was enough of a victory for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation ProclamationGettysburgAntietamFort SumterVicksburg
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThis battle is considered a turning point in the war, after which the North began winningAntietamGettysburgFort SumterShiloh
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do for slaves?
It freed all slaves in southern states at war against the U.S.
It made slavery legal everywhere.
It forced runaway slaves to return to the South.
It gave former slaves voting rights.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
Union
Confederates
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the significance of the Firing on Fort Sumter?
It ended the Civil War.
It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
It officially started the Civil War.
It ended slavery in the Union.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who was the General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington
- 9. Multiple Choice
From 1863 until the end of the War, who was the Union General in charge of the U.S. army?
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
"Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the goal of the Union's Anaconda Plan?
To set snakes loose in the south
To surround the South and stop them from trading with Europe
To attack the south only from the ocean
To spy on the south and send information back north
- 11. Multiple Choice
One advantage of the Confederacy was...
they had many factories to produce manufactured goods
higher population
more advanced weapons
fighting a defensive war with knowledge of the land
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
1st Bull Run
- 13. Multiple Choice
After the Siege of Vicksburg, what happened to the Confederate states?
They won the war.
They were able to invade the North.
They were split into two parts.
They gave up and the Civil War ended.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the first major battle in the Civil War?
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Bull Run or Manassas
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Appomattox
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which battle did Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earn his nickname?
Battle of Bull Run or Manassas
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Appomattox
Battle of Yorktown
- 16. Multiple Choice
Where did the Civil War end?
Jamestown, VA
Yorktown, VA
Appomattox Courthouse, VA
Williamsburg, VA
- 17. Multiple Choice
This painting shows the "Surrender at Appomattox." Which two generals are in the picture?
General Lee and General Jackson
General Lee and General Jackson
General Washington and General Grant
General Lee and General Grant
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of the war, what happened to the South?They continued to have slavery and have great plantations.The South was devastated. They burned Atlanta and Richmond.They became an urban center and had more factories.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which former slave and abolitionist had sons who fought with the Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Solomon Northup
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America?
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which Union General led a destructive march through the South toward the end of the Civil War? His plan was to destroy anything the South could use to make a comeback.
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert Gould Shaw
George McClellan
- 22. Multiple Choice
In which state is Gettysburg located? (This is as far north as the Civil War battles would go)
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the battles listed below is the furtherest to the WEST?
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
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